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Friday, February 26, 2010

The Art of American Book Covers: 1875-1930

I am pleased to announce that George Braziller is publishing a trade edition of my work on American Publishers' Bindings titledThe Art of American Book Covers, 1875-1930. It will be in full color and have about 150 images.

It will have a stamped full cloth cover, in keeping with the content. Above is a scan of the sample from the bindery. It is a practical demonstration that the effects created during the Golden Age can be revived on trade books using modern technology.

I have also designed a full cloth slipcase that will have a stamped spine, and am wrapping the book in it with a clear archival 3 mil polyester (as in "Mylar") dust jacket. There will only be 100 signed and numbered copies of the First Edition in this slipcase. A pre-publication discount subscription to it is available today athttp://minsky.com/art-american-book-covers.htm

There is a link on the web page to a downloadable PDF with some sample pages.

I am so thrilled that George wanted to do this book--there is no other publisher I can think of that would have done this at the quality level this will be. He is featuring it as the opening double page spread in his 2010 catalog.